Security News

MikroTik routers with default credentials can be easily compromised
2018-10-08 10:23

If you own a MikroTik router and you haven’t updated its RouterOS in the last month, you should do so now: Tenable Research has released details about four vulnerabilities they found in the OS,...

PoC Attack Escalates MikroTik Router Bug to ‘As Bad As It Gets’
2018-10-08 00:07

Researchers say a medium severity bug should now be rated critical because of a new hack technique that allows for remote code execution on MikroTik edge and consumer routers.

ThreatList: 83% of Routers Contain Vulnerable Code
2018-10-04 19:25

Five out of six name brand routers, such as Linksys, NETGEAR and D-Link, contain known open-source vulnerabilities.

Regularly updating your wireless router is not enough to ward off attacks
2018-10-03 13:12

Wireless routers are the most often attacked and exploited type of IoT device. They are also one of the rare IoT devices that most of us can’t do without. We need them to be as secure as can be,...

Popular TP-Link wireless home router open to remote hijacking
2018-10-03 10:35

By concatenating a known improper authentication flaw with a newly discovered CSRF vulnerability, remote unauthenticated attackers can obtain full control over TP-Link TL-WRN841N, a popular...

100,000 home routers recruited to spread Brazilian hacking scam
2018-10-02 06:30

GhostDNS in the machine A DNSchanger-like attack first spotted in August on D-Link routers in Brazil has expanded to affect more than 70 different devices and more than 100,000 individual piece of kit.…

GhostDNS: New DNS Changer Botnet Hijacked Over 100,000 Routers
2018-10-01 13:03

Chinese cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a widespread, ongoing malware campaign that has already hijacked over 100,000 home routers and modified their DNS settings to hack users with...

Aerohive expands cloud-managed SD-WAN portfolio with new XR600P branch router
2018-09-28 01:00

Aerohive Networks announced its XR600P SD-WAN branch router is now shipping. The XR600P is the latest addition to Aerohive’s growing SD-WAN portfolio, designed to simplify the management,...

VPNFilter Router Malware Adds 7 New Network Exploitation Modules
2018-09-27 10:33

Security researchers have discovered even more dangerous capabilities in VPNFilter—the highly sophisticated multi-stage malware that infected 500,000 routers worldwide in May this year, making it...

MikroTik Routers Targeted In Data Eavesdropping Scheme
2018-09-06 10:48

Attackers Continue To Meddle With Hundreds Of Thousands Of MikroTik RoutersUnknown attackers are intercepting every piece of data handled by more than 7,500 routers made by MikroTik, while also...